Court Rules Minnesota Tort 
JonathanTurley
MARCH 21, 2021
The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. The Court sought to create “breathing space” for the media by articulating that standard that now applies to both public officials and public figures. Here is the opinion: Project Veritas v.
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In addition, the court found that the company had failed to show that the alleged RICO violations proximately caused injury to its business or property. The court also dismissed defamation and related state tort claims. On October 4 , the federal district court for the Northern District of California vacated the U.S.
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The court also temporarily enjoined two felony riot statutes because they went “far beyond” the State’s “appropriate interest” in criminalizing participation in a riot with acts of force or violence. Minnesota Supreme Court Declined to Review Claims Regarding Environmental Review for Oil Pipeline. WildEarth Guardians v.
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Because the neighbors produced no other testimony and relied “merely on speculation that the excavation, regrading, and moving of materials would produce undue impacts,” the court upheld the Commission’s findings. Minnesota Court and D.C. Federal Court Declined to Stop Construction of Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline.
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The court denied, however, Connecticut’s motion for costs and fees, noting that several issues raised by Exxon were novel in the Second Circuit and that many relevant portions of district court rulings in other circuits had not been subject to appellate review until the Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Baltimore case.
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